Troubling Statistics For African-American Males In The Classroom
Young African American men are falling behind their peers in the classroom.
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Young African American men are falling behind their peers in the classroom.
Two wines produced in Napa County will now take their place alongside Abraham Lincoln's hat and Neil Armstrong's spacesuit in a book just published by the Smithsonian Institution.
According to the Medicare data, California had 38 doctors that were paid at least $3 million in 2012.
The survey released Wednesday finds 57 percent of likely voters would choose the Democratic governor, far outpacing any of the three top Republican challengers.
California Attorney General Kamala Harris is engaged to marry an attorney from Los Angeles after a yearlong courtship.
The Cascadia fault system, which sits about 100 miles off shore, runs from California to Vancouver. The subduction zone is believed to have caused a 9.0 earthquake in 1700, the largest known quake ever to have hit the lower 48 states.
A lower than average Sierra Snowpack was announced by state water officials on Tuesday, KCBS' Doug Sovern reports how it affects California's drought.
Even seasoned lawmakers will admit it: campaign finance reform can be a tricky issue for legislators and constituents to tackle, but with the recent indictment of state Sen. Leland Yee, the topic is again circulating in Sacramento and beyond.
Gov. Brown made a passionate speech on climate change, but he's accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars from the oil and gas industry on his re-election campaign.
A magnitude-4.1 aftershock has rattled parts of Southern California where a moderate quake occurred the day before.
Car washes and water served at restaurants may soon be a thing of the past as the Mountain View City Council is likely to declare a "Stage 1" water shortage emergency on Tuesday, due to the state's ongoing drought.
Cal Fire is staffing up its wildfire response crew earlier than normal the year after an uncommonly dry winter across most of the state.
Monday is the deadline for Americans to sign up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, the Obama Administrations health reform law.
If you're feeling lucky while filling up your gas tank, soon you may be able to buy a lottery ticket right from the pump in California.
With Democrat State Senator Leland Yee now under arrest in a federal investigation, and two other state senators taking a leave of absence earlier in March, the problems for the majority party in the California growing in Sacramento and could have larger impacts.
The Assembly Health Committee voted 15-0 Tuesday to repeal and revisit the regulation before enforcement begins this summer, following opposition from chefs and bartenders.
U.S. District Judge William Orrick said Tuesday that the law applies equally throughout the state and rejected arguments that the ban unfairly targeted the Chinese community. The Chinatown Neighborhood Association filed a lawsuit in 2011.
While there's rain on the way in the Bay Area's forecast this week, the historic California drought has the state's reservoirs at alarmingly low levels.
Radio listeners and TV watchers this week likely heard advertisements from the conservative organization "Americans for Economic Freedom," funded by Texas Governor Rick Perry's leftover 2012 campaign funds, telling California businesses to flee for the political sanctuary of Texas, and according to official governor's office documents, some are hearing the call.
California's unemployment rate continues its steady decline, reaching 8 percent in February.
A man who killed a California deputy after a carjacking and attack at a tourist attraction is also a suspect in the slaying of a retired Oregon educator, police said Thursday.
A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld California's law requiring people arrested for felonies to submit samples of their DNA to police.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Wednesday joined Gov. Jerry Brown in expressing skepticism about legalizing marijuana in California for recreational purposes.
It's crunch time for would-be California ballot initiatives with backers of some particularly controversial ones acknowledging they may not have the support or money to qualify their initiatives for the November ballot.
California's early earthquake warning system worked as seismologists hoped it would, giving them notice that a quake was about to strike seconds before the ground in Los Angeles began shaking Monday, but residents didn't get that warning because the state hasn't identified a source of funding to build and maintain the system.
